Project three: Sleep/Wake

Spatial Design

Different: This space must be different another one. For example, design, material, idea, etc.
Privacy: Everyone needs privacy not just in a room if this space that he living not conceal that will affect the lives of the occupants.
Connect: Try to make public space that can help strangers meet, and in this space, they can see each other, and they can talk any time.
Shadow: Like a first light in the morning that will make us happy. If people can see the beautiful shadow in their own space, that will be great.
Attractive: It not just attractive exterior strangers make strangers feel relax and comfortable that is important, both of having beautiful inside and outside.

A1 Drawing

From project two to development project three, I got a new idea about a line. When I start drawing A1 drawing, I found the structure of this building is related to lines. So I try to connect shadow with the line to development project three.

I just drew what I saw — for example, line, shadow. And I try used shadows to development.

I put some sketch picture about the process of my conceptualizing the model. Connect project one and project two got this draft about this project model.

Model Making

Abstract

The project originated from freedom and bondage. Connect light and shadow I got this model. I try to express an emotion or a kind of mental state in my work when I start to design. During the day, something we have to do. We ‘re bondage by life. The other is freedom during the night, and we have private time, we can do whatever we want. Freedom and bondage are relative, and that’s my understanding of sleep and wake. The space for two strangers. So I create new public space to connect them that is important. This will avoid loneliness, get out of their world by socializing. To sum up, I want break this state of life. So I choose irregular design.

In the black model, I made open bar they can cook or drink in it. They can even lie on the ground and talk and look at the stars. Transparent stairs can be freely stretched.

Light/ shadow that is very important for my work. For example, White and black are the same as day and night or light and shadow. So this one same as project two, I choose white and black.

Design this space for two strangers. It not just exterior attractive strangers. It is very important for strangers to get along happily in the same area and relax. Also, I made public space that can help strangers meet, and in this space.

In the bathroom, The circular and irregular bath area can hold two people and is private.

There’s a public table outside the bathroom. They can work.

Artist Model

He is good at connecting rectangular bodies of different shapes and does not feel abrupt, such as the trapezoid and triangles, irregular orthostatic and unequal triangles. It is also important that his work has a powerful sense of line, splicing irregular and uneven patterns and adding elements of the line. This new idea has helped me a lot. Simple, impactful, robust design, practical, these four points are significant for my design. I got this information from his work.

Xiaxia Zhai (Summer)